Improvement in bale-ties



D. H. MATHLM.V

BME-TIE.

No.-17z,330 Patented 3111.18, 14876.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEGE.

DAVID E. MATHIAs, 0E ALBANY, AssIGNoE To EDWIN s. LENOX, 0E

' NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN BALE'ITIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172.330, dated January 18, 1876; application filed September 13, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID H. MATHIAS, of the city and county of Albany, State of New York, have invented an Improved Bale- Tie; and I do hereby declare that the following is a description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specitlcation, in which- Figur-e l is a perspective view of the two interlocking ends ot the tie when separated. Fig. 2 is a view of the same in the opera-tion of being locked. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the same when joined. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the same.

My invention relates to wire bale-ties having their ends iinished each with a device capable of interlocking with the other in a reliable manner; and consists in the combina tion with a loop end of a brace-hook in such a manner that the said loop will be capable of receiving the said brace-hook of the opposite end ofthe tie, while the brace of the said hook will have a proper support against the neck of the loop receiving the hook, to sustain it in its hooking form against any strain which it may receive when the compressed bale is removed from the press.

To enable others skilled in the art to make A and use my invention, I will proceed to devscribe it in reference to the drawings, and the letters ot' reference marked thereon, the saine letters indicating like parts.

In the drawings, A represents. one end of a wire comprising the tie. B is the opposite end. L is the loop, formed by turning a portion of the wire of the said end on itself, and twisting the same to form the neck n, as shown. Made with the end B is the hook H and its brace h, having double strands formed by turning a portion of the wire on itself, and twisting it at a distance back to form a neck, n, similar to that formed at the basel oi' the loop L. The said hook stands back from its base about at a distance of one diameter oi' the wire, or enough to prevent the loop from rising or slipping up. Made continuous with the hook, and starting from what I denominate the point x of the same, is the brace h, which is carried forward of the hook with an incline downward, and terminating at about on a piane with the base of the hook, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and at a distance from the same which wili permit the end of the brace to bear on the neck or" the loop L, and in the twist of the wire, as shown in Fig. 4.

When it is desired to interlock the parts ot' this tie, the hook end His introduced into the loop L by first passing the brace h attached to the hook through the same, as shown in Fig. 2, when the loop will drop over the point x of the hook, and drop down to the base, as shown in Figs. 3 and et. i

When it is desired to unloose the tie, a tapering piece of metal inserted between the brace h and the loop L will throw up the said brace, when the loop may be slipped up, and the tie removed without cutting.

The advantages attending this improved tie are obvious, for it is evident that the tie may be securely locked together at its ends without the least liability oi' the hook being drawn over by reason ot' the strain of the loop on the same from the elastic force in the coinpressed bale, as the brace is connected with the hook, and stands in an inclined position with both the hook and loop, with its terminating end bearing on the neck and in a twist of the saine, while at the saine time the bracehook permits a smaller or lighter wire to be used to form the parts, and give to the same its requisite strength. It is also evident that by thisform of hook, and its brace-support,

Witnesses:

UHAs. J. SELKIRK, LEwIs CoNNER. 

